Fox news reports the following:
The campaign to move the 2011 All-Star Game out of Phoenix to protest Arizona’s immigration law heated up this week, with some of baseball’s superstars threatening to sit it out and demonstrators trying to deliver thousands of petitions to Commissioner Bud Selig.
The increased pressure coincided with this year’s All-Star Game, which was to be played Tuesday night in Anaheim.
Increased pressure you say. Let see just how much pressure there is as we look at the latest poll from that hotbed of conservatism CBS:
Public support for Arizona’s controversial new immigration law has increased slightly, a new CBS News poll shows, with 57 percent of Americans characterizing the law as “about right” in the way it addresses the issue of illegal immigration.
And the pie graph shows that a further 17% doesn’t think the law goes far enough. Only 23% oppose the law as going too far.
So tell me Baseball owner who wants to draw fans, do you want to draw from the 74% or the 23%. Tell me player who makes millions, how will alienating 74% of the people who pay your salary affect your ability to get a big contract?
Think long and hard before you do something stupid MLB
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